Akizuki Castle Town Nationally国指定つげ原始林 Designated, Virgin Boxwood Forest Stop by and travel “This area has a The Akizuki Castle Town has a subtle history being home to the Akizuki and 奥Okunoin の 院・大 Temple,将かくし General’s Hideout Kuroda clans during the height of their rule, but the 800-year old town has Mt. Kosho Castle Ruins around leisurely surprisingly rich history!” also experienced its share of history and tragedy. Latticework on windows Mizufune Spring ーTotaro Umegatani and doors, old samurai residences surrounded by clay moats, and mossed stonewalls decorate the streets. The area has been appropriately named Mt. Kosho 860m Mt. Hei Mt. Umami “Chikuzen’s Little Kyoto”. 978m Akizuki flourished as a castle town with 50,000 koku. One koku is 927m approximately 1000 sq. meters and is a unit measuring the yieldable crop of the land. Even today, Akizuki’s history and antiquity are evident. Akizuki was Ｐ designated in April 1998 as a Nation’s Preservation District for Groups of Traditional Buildings. To Kosho Trail Ｐ Kiln Honkakuji Temple
To Kama City Haccho Pass Tozanguchi Tendai Sect Suiyo Shrine (Akizuki Kaido) Resting Point 朝 Nisshoin Temple Kiln Arahira Castle Ruins Dangoan Pear Picking
Umezono Park Akizuki Jr. High School Prefectural Designated Hakusan Cultural Asset Jinjamae Heiyo Yoshida’s Hakusangu Shrine Birthplace Kuromon Gate Prefectural Designated Tanetoki Akizuki’s Hankuro Tonami’s Historical Site Prefectural Designated Grave Plant Dyeing Residential Ruins Akizuki Castle Ruins Cultural Asset Naruto Notori Akizuki Folk Museum Nagayamon Gate Kannon Jodo Sect Tsunenori Matsuda’s Tiled Slope Christian Bridge Birthplace Dairyoji Soto Sect Temple Choshoji Kosho Gakuen Temple Feudal School and Training Grounds Large Vehicle Notori Bridge Parking Cherry Blossom Spot Sugi-no-Baba St. Nobutaka Eri Monument Information Center WC Tear Slope P WC
Harakiri Rock New Haccho Rice Storehouse Ruins Kyodokanmae Mountain Pass Rinzai Sect Hyakuhachiro Imamura Shin Sect Akizuki Taiko’s Token Kaibara’s Kuroda Clan’s Temple Jokakuji Akizuki Public Hall Art Museum Stone Seat Birthplace Akizuki Jr. High School Koshinji Temple Temple Heiyokan Plant Dyeing Martial Arts Hall Fudo Akizuki Samurai’s Akizuki Hachimangu Shrine Waterfall Tsuguaki Tohara’s Residence Birthplace Akizuki Akizuki Bridge Hisano Residence To Yasu Kogen Post Office Hitoshi Nakashima’s Kinen-no-Mori Suga Shrine WC Akizuki One-Story Residential Ruins Travel in Notori River asakuracity (Kin River) Shunsaku Ogata’s Akizukiyaki Residential Ruins
Route 322, Nakamachi Ｐ Recommended Tachibana Kiln Prefectural Designated Tsukimi Slope Walking Course Cultural Asset Ishida Residence Tokiyagura Higiri Jizoin Temple Hideichi Bridge (Fukutake Castle Ruins) Asakura Police Box Defensive Stone Walls Mt. Kosho Temple City Designated Cultural Asset Asakura City Designated Kuzu Ruins Former Tashiro Residence Honpo Kogetsu Taiko (Drum) １時間コース1Hour Course Natural Monument, Plant Dyeing Nichiren Sect Japanese Yew Imakoji Bridge Performance 倉 Honshoji Akizuki Tanaka Tenmangu Shrine When the Kuroda clan was appointed Parking Lot Temple Akizuki to govern Fukuoka during the Edo Akizuki Handmade Washi Megane Elementary (Japanese Paper) (Spectacles) Bridge School period, one of the samurai retainers Akizuki Shin Sect invented the “Kogetsu-Style” drum Folk Museum Uomachi Sainenji performance. Meaning the “light of Saifukuji Temple Ruins Temple Hara Kosho Tiled Slope moon”, Kogetsu got its name from the Asakura City Designated Saihin Grave full moon casting a shadow of the Natural Monument, Information Bishamondo Temple drummer and drumstick. Nagayamon Gate Japanese Yew Center Prefectural Designated Cultural Asset Half-Day Megane (Spectacles) Bridge To Egawa Dam 半日コース Toho Kuromon Gate Course Pear & Apple Picking Rice Storehouse Akizuki Parking Lot Ruins Persimmon Picking (Akizuki Parking Lot) Akizuki Route 322 Bypass Products from the Asakura Folk Museum National Route 500 Donmai Pork! Regional Product Development Project! Three Hour Pear Picking Tiled Slope Course Koishiwara River Akizuki Nagayamon Gate Haseyama Parking Lot Kuromon Gate Kyushu Nature Trail Akizuki Akizuki BATABATA Market Haseyama To Terauchi Dam Folk Museum Suiyo Shrine Sites marked with a star have signs. Ukiha City To Amagi Tiled Slope Samurai Residence Nagayamon Gate First governed by Tanekatsu Akizuki, the Akizuki Clan Time passed and Nagamasa Kuroda was awarded the Sainenji Temple ruled the region from the beginning of the Kamakura Chikuzen Province for his contributions in the Battle of Kuromon Gate Period (12th century) for nearly 400 years. Their castle Sekigahara. Becoming the first head of the Fukuoka Home to the Kuroda Clan Megane Bridge was constructed on Mt. Kosho. Under the protection of Domain, Nagamasa gave 12,000 koku of land in Akizuki to Suiyo Shrine Motonari Mori, the 16th feudal lord Tanezane Akizuki Kanbe Kuroda’s (Nagamasa’s father) younger brother Depicted in the Epic Drama! Tanaka Tenmangu Samurai Shrine suffered as a child. As an adult, however, he became an Naoyuki Kuroda. A devote Christian, Naoyuki spread Residence important warlord in northern Kyushu. Hideyoshi Christianity in Akizuki. When Nagamasa passed, he left ふくおか官兵衛くん Higiri Jizoin Toyotomi uprooted Tanezane in his later years and ordered 50,000 koku of land to Nagaoki, his third son. In doing so,
Ishida Residence Temple History Akizuki’s him to move to Takanabe Castle located in the Hyuga the Akizuki Domain became a sub-region of the Fukuoka Province (currently Miyazaki Prefecture). Domain. Koshinji Temple Koshinji Temple
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Regional Specialties & Fruit Picking
it has since been sold as Amagi Shibori. Amagi as sold been since has it
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back to the Edo period. Renamed in 1924, 1924, in Renamed period. Edo the to back
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dyeing technique has a history that dates dates that history a has technique dyeing
Sweet Potatoes Sweet Picking Strawberry ● ●
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light show. light Grape Picking Grape Persimmon Picking Persimmon ● ●
flicker and dance, putting on a spectacular spectacular a on putting dance, and flicker
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June, tens of thousands of fireflies begin to to begin fireflies of thousands of tens June,
August~November August ~ November ~ August
rivers that run through Asakura City. Come Come City. Asakura through run that rivers
Picking Season / Season Picking Picking Season / Season Picking
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s s ’ Prefecture Fukuoka is region this water, at night is exceptionally astounding. exceptionally is night at
without realizing their external value. external their realizing without Renowned for its beautiful nature and and nature beautiful its for Renowned
and enjoy the excellent view. The scenery scenery The view. excellent the enjoy and
products. Often, these resources are items that locals use or eat eat or use locals that items are resources these Often, products.
Experience farming on top of the mountain mountain the of top on farming Experience
Firefly Watching Firefly
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s resources into viable viable into resources s ’ region the developing promotes project The
“Mt. Ote 2000 Year Park” Year 2000 Ote “Mt.
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from the farms. The fresh vegetables and and vegetables fresh The farms. the from with your children. your with
Asakura’s Delicacy Asakura’s of plenty are There Farm Station Basaro sells produce directly directly produce sells Basaro Station Farm
straight from the farms and play at the park park the at play and farms the from straight
the prefecture. the Pork raised on a rice diet in Asakura City, Chikuzen. City, Asakura in diet rice a on raised Pork
Adjacent to Roadside Station Harazuru, Harazuru, Station Roadside to Adjacent
large park and playground. Find produce produce Find playground. and park large
The sweet, soft, and smooth Toyomitsuhime Figs that melt in your mouth are the best in in best the are mouth your in melt that Figs Toyomitsuhime smooth and soft, sweet, The
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and first days of spring at Asakura! at spring of days first and 831 Yanotake, Asakura City Asakura Yanotake, 831 spring onions. The Amagi, Asakura, and Haki region is Japan’s largest green spring onion onion spring green largest Japan’s is region Haki and Asakura, Amagi, The onions. spring ❽
mid-February. Enjoy the various events events various the Enjoy mid-February. enjoy the park. the enjoy
Home of the of Home — Asakura
rich, fertile soil. These environmental factors improve the quality and shelf life of the green green the of life shelf and quality the improve factors environmental These soil. fertile rich,
The Rapeseed Blossom Festival is held in in held is Festival Blossom Rapeseed The children and their parents will definitely definitely will parents their and children
Hakata Green Spring Onions are cultivated with pure water from the Chikugo River and and River Chikugo the from water pure with cultivated are Onions Spring Green Hakata
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the environment aids in producing the sweet, delicious fruits. Fruit picking season spans spans season picking Fruit fruits. delicious sweet, the producing in aids environment the Cultural Village Cultural Station Roadside
forest for you to relax in and let time slip by. slip time let and in relax to you for forest
The Asakura region is renowned for its delectable fruits. Blessed by clean water and air, air, and water clean by Blessed fruits. delectable its for renowned is region Asakura The ❻ ❺
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Amagi Water and Water Amagi at Blossoms Rapeseed
Hakata Green Spring Onions Spring Green Hakata
rare ruins of a moat settlement. The park park The settlement. moat a of ruins rare
This archeological park has turned up the the up turned has park archeological This
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s best flower garden (factory tours tours (factory garden flower best s ’ region Hiratsuka Kawazoe Hiratsuka Located along Chikugo River, this park-golf park-golf this River, Chikugo along Located
ten million cosmos bloom in the fall at the the at fall the in bloom cosmos million ten
Park-Golf Course Park-Golf
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approximately approximately and spring the in bloom Poppies
Riverside Station Harazuru Station Riverside
(Kirin Beer Park Fukuoka) Park Beer (Kirin ❹
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Kirin Flower Garden Flower Kirin
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Oyamazumi Shrine Oyamazumi spots.
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★ Oshiroi (Face Painting) Festival at Festival Painting) (Face Oshiroi s best cherry-blossom cherry-blossom best s ’ Prefecture Fukuoka
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cherry trees surrounding the lake at one of of one at lake the surrounding trees cherry December 2nd December ①
Sunflower Park in front of Roadside Station Station Roadside of front in Park Sunflower
There are approximately four thousand thousand four approximately are There
bloom in the middle of September at the the at September of middle the in bloom
Cherry Blossom Cherry Autumn Nearly 160,000 sunflowers come to full full to come sunflowers 160,000 Nearly Foliage
Harvest Festival Harvest
Amagi Park Amagi Fair Sunflower
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Akizuki Castle Ruins Autumn Foliage Autumn Ruins Castle Akizuki Asakura Welcome Festival, Festival, Welcome Asakura
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annual Hyakunin Isshu poetry competition. poetry Isshu Hyakunin annual Cosmos he procession will be on the following Sunday) following the on be will procession he t ☎ ☎
Kunchi Festival Kunchi
Sunday, the religious ceremonies will be held and held be will ceremonies religious the Sunday, 1546-1 Kurokawa, Asakura City Asakura Kurokawa, 1546-1
Asakura City honors his poem by hosting an an hosting by poem his honors City Asakura
Herb Festa in Harazuru in Festa Herb Minagi Kunchi Festival Kunchi Minagi Hinashiro
(If the 22nd is a is 22nd the (If ● ● ●
experience the joy of art. of joy the experience With the moisture dripping through.” through.” dripping moisture the With
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mountain school. Come by to relax and and relax to by Come school. mountain
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The modern art museum utilizes a closed closed a utilizes museum art modern The
Of the autumn rice-field; autumn the Of
Harvest Festival Harvest Kirin Flower Garden Flower Kirin Dance Bon-Niwaka 4277 Sada, Asakura City Asakura Sada, 4277
Sheltering the harvest-hut the Sheltering Kyosei-no-Sato
river and mountain atmosphere. mountain and river Eso Hachimangu Shrine Hachimangu Eso Cosmos Garden at Garden Cosmos Amagi
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“Coarse the rush-mat roof rush-mat the “Coarse
breathtaking sight of the beautiful, running running beautiful, the of sight breathtaking Mid Mid Mid
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written by Emperor Tenji reads: reads: Tenji Emperor by written
training, and accommodations. Enjoy the the Enjoy accommodations. and training,
serve the multitudes of lively visitors. lively of multitudes the serve s first poem poem first s ’ Isshu Hyakunin Ogura The
facility offers hands-on-learning experiences, experiences, hands-on-learning offers facility
temporary shops scatter the riverside to to riverside the scatter shops temporary Sunflowers
(Mid-September)
Utilizing a former mountain school, this this school, mountain former a Utilizing
Watching Party Watching Competition Roadside Station “Harazuru” Station Roadside the breathtaking fireworks festival and and festival fireworks breathtaking the
Leisurely! Leisurely! 9 September
Takaki Seiryukan Takaki
Akizuki Moon Akizuki Asakura Isshu Hyakunin Sunflower Fair at Fair Sunflower Asakura Competition Asakura
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Late Mid Mid by hunger and pray for the safety of their their of safety the for pray and hunger by
Hyakunin Isshu Hyakunin in the segaki ritual feed ghosts tormented tormented ghosts feed ritual segaki the in
are hosted in the park. the in hosted are
Held along Koishiwara River, participants participants River, Koishiwara along Held All Around! Around! All All
various colorful herbs and various events events various and herbs colorful various
in the Chikugo River. Chikugo the in
Fireworks Festival Fireworks
Fireworks Event Fireworks Event Fireworks Illumination
The Harazuru Herb Park is decorated with with decorated is Park Herb Harazuru The
indicate open season for cormorant fishing fishing cormorant for season open indicate 8 August
Amagi Riverside Amagi & Festival Summer Triple Waterwheel Triple
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summer. This festival is also held to to held also is festival This summer.
Nagare Kanjo & Kanjo Nagare
(Mid-October) 10 13th-15th Late Mid
s first sign of of sign first s ’ River Chikugo is festival the
s first fireworks festival of the year, year, the of festival fireworks first s ’ Kyushu Herb Festa in Harazuru in Festa Herb
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(hideout forest). (hideout
(May 20th) (May
7 parade from the shrine to the Kakurega-no-Mori Kakurega-no-Mori the to shrine the from parade July
Amagi Gion Yamakasa at Suga Shrine Suga at Yamakasa Gion Amagi
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Fireworks Festival Fireworks
turned into a Kabuki. a into turned 11 of traditional Kagura dance. There is even a a even is There dance. Kagura traditional of 13th-15th
perform their dance, which was eventually eventually was which dance, their perform spears), and Urayasu-no-Mai, which is a type type a is which Urayasu-no-Mai, and spears),
Harazuru Spa Harazuru
children travelled to many villages to to villages many to travelled children lion dances, flutes, taiko drums, keyari (haired (haired keyari drums, taiko flutes, dances, lion
s mountain-opening ceremony. The The ceremony. mountain-opening s ’ Shrine
five grains. Performances include shishimai shishimai include Performances grains. five
children a dance to be performed at Gion Gion at performed be to dance a children Yamada Dam Opening Ceremony Opening Dam Yamada
6 children and safety to the household. the to safety and children June
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The festival celebrates the good harvest of the the of harvest good the celebrates festival The Fireflies
Originating in 1699, Harakizaemon taught taught Harakizaemon 1699, in Originating Anchoji Temple bring good health to to health good bring Temple Anchoji 17th 17th
(3rd Sunday in October) in Sunday (3rd
the traditional event at Kanbokuzan Kanbokuzan at event traditional the Bon-Niwaka Dance Bon-Niwaka
The batabata bean drums that are used in in used are that drums bean batabata The
Shrine Shinko Festival Shinko Shrine
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Amagi
Cormorant Fishing at Chikugo River Chikugo at Fishing Cormorant
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5th) 4th (January ❾ ❽
Eso Hachimangu Eso Fireworks Event, Open Season for Season Open Event, Fireworks Garden Flower Kirin Folk Festival Folk Poppy
May 5
Fair Batabata Amagi Harazuru Spa Festival Spa Harazuru at Garden Poppy Asakura
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year. sticks to their faces. their to sticks
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cannon shooting performance four times a a times four performance shooting cannon s harvest depends on how much paint paint much how on depends harvest s ’ year
preservation society puts on a hand hand a on puts society preservation
of rice powder and water. The following following The water. and powder rice of
April 4 Akizuki Spring Festival at Baien Park Baien at Festival Spring Akizuki
● ⑫ ⑪ prowess. To protect this heritage, the the heritage, this protect To prowess. Participants paint their faces with a mixture mixture a with faces their paint Participants
Early The Akizuki clan was known for its military military its for known was clan Akizuki The
Oyamazumi Shrine Oyamazumi Blossom
Cherry
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Akizuki Moon Watching Party, Final Firing) Final Party, Watching Moon Akizuki
(December 22nd) (December
Eso Hachimangu Shrine Hachimangu Eso
(First Firing, Akizuki Spring Festival, Spring Akizuki Firing, (First ・Terauchi Dam ・Yuzuki Shrine ・Yuzuki Dam ・Terauchi
⑤ ⑦ ⑥ Festival at Aso Shrine Aso at Festival ｠ (Harvest Fortune Ritual) at Ritual) Fortune (Harvest
・Amagi Park ・Akizuki Castle Ruins Castle ・Akizuki Park ・Amagi
3 Oshiroi Festival Oshiroi Akizuki Hayashi Hand Cannon Hand Hayashi Akizuki March
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Cherry Blossom Cherry Throwing) (Mud Dorouchi Dameshi Kayu
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The Day of Hatsuu of Day The 4th Sunday 4th Late
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how large the harvest will be that year. that be will harvest the large how
town during the plague. the during town Rapeseed Blossoms
amount of mud that sticks to the Daiguji indicates indicates Daiguji the to sticks that mud of amount
portable shrine that was carried around around carried was that shrine portable
shrine) after he drinks a large bowl of sake. The The sake. of bowl large a drinks he after shrine)
tradition originated when people crafted a a crafted people when originated tradition
Children throw mud at the Daiguji (head priest of the the of priest (head Daiguji the at mud throw Children Rapeseed Blossom Festival at Roadside Station “Harazuru” Station Roadside at Festival Blossom Rapeseed
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at Suga Shrine for nearly 300 years. The The years. 300 nearly for Shrine Suga at
Aso Shrine Aso
Early
This traditional Gion festival has been held held been has festival Gion traditional This
Festival
(4th Sunday in March) in Sunday (4th ～ 15th) 13th (July
Dorouchi
Eso Hachimangu Shrine Hachimangu Eso (Mud Throwing) (Mud
Amagi Gion Yamakasa Gion Amagi ❹ ❸
1 January Anchoji Temple Anchoji
Hyakunin Isshu Karuta Competition at Competition Karuta Isshu Hyakunin
millet, and beans). and millet,
Amagi Batabata Fair at Fair Batabata Amagi New Year’s Konomaruden Hall Konomaruden Year’s New
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Asakura for that year. that for Asakura grains (rice, wheat, foxtail millet, Japanese barnyard barnyard Japanese millet, foxtail wheat, (rice, grains
Mid 4th-5th
winner serves to represent and promote promote and represent to serves winner for the health, safety, and rich harvests of the five five the of harvests rich and safety, health, the for
Himiko (Queen Himiko) contest, whose whose contest, Himiko) (Queen Himiko reconstructed the shrine in 1509. The festival prays prays festival The 1509. in shrine the reconstructed
Annual Events Annual events and activities include the Jooh Jooh the include activities and events s 14th generation) generation) 14th s ’ clan (Akizuki Akizuki
s residents. The host various various host The residents. s ’ Asakura from
The annual festival has been held since Tanetoki Tanetoki since held been has festival annual The
Feel and experience the energy emanating emanating energy the experience and Feel
(October 21st) (October
Asakura Folk Festival Folk Asakura
❷ ❶ Hinashiro Kunchi Festival Kunchi Hinashiro